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    FIRST REVELATION

    The Holy Prophet Muhammad (Pease be upon him) was born in a society which had lot
    of bad practices which include idol worship. The Holy Prophet ( ‫ )ﺻﻠﯽ ﷲ ﻋﻠﯿہ و ﺳﻠﻢ‬could

    not believe polytheistic ideas ( ‫)�����ت‬of the pagans of Makkah and often

    thought of the God of his forefathers, Ibrahim and Ismail. Though he did not follow any
    particular method of worship, yet he had the awareness that there is a force of truth
    beyond this world which must have power and control over the whole universe.

    A few years before the announcement of phrophethood, he had the practice of going to
    the cave of Hira for meditation and prayer. He used to go to the solitude of Hira for a

    week or more with a supply of dates, oatmeal (�) and water, meditated and pondered

    over the condition of his people.

    As he approached the age of forty, one day towards the end of the month of Ramazan
    of 610 AD while he was meditating in the cave of Hira, he experienced the first
    revelation and saw the Angel Jibril. The angel said, “Read.” He replied, “I am not a
    reader.” Jibril held him and press him hard and released saying again, “Read.” The Holy
    Prophet ( ‫ )ﺻﻠﯽ ﷲ ﻋﻠﯿہ و ﺳﻠﻢ‬replied the same. This happened three times and then Jibril
    said:

    “Read, in the name of your Lord Who created man from clots of blood. Read! Your
    Lord is the most Bounteous, Who taught the use of the pen. Taught man what he
    knew not.” (96: 1-5)

    The Holy Prophet ( ‫ ))ﺻﻠﯽ ﷲ ﻋﻠﯿہ و ﺳﻠﻢ‬returned home a bit shaken at his selection for this
    great and noble mission. He feared that thought of the tremendous task of his mission.
    /Prophet
    He said to his wife, Khadija to wrap him which she did. The Holy (‫ )ﺻﻠﯽ ﷲ ﻋﻠﯿہ وﺳﻠﻢ‬related
    the whole incident. Khadija comforted him and asked him to be calm and relaxed as
    Allah would protect him from all evil as he was kind to his relatives, he spoke the truth,
    he assisted everyone in need and helped every just cause.

    Hazrat Khadija then took the Holy Prophet( ‫ )ﺻﻠﯽ ﷲ ﻋﻠﯿہ و ﺳﻠﻢ‬to Warqa bin Noufal, her
    cousin, who was a Christian scholar with good knowledge of Old Testament and New
    Testament. The Holy Prophet ( ‫ )ﺻﻠﯽ ﷲ ﻋﻠﯿہ و ﺳﻠﻢ‬narrated before him what had
    happened. Warqa said that it was the same revelation as was sent down to Musa. He
    wished that he had been a young man so that he might be alive when the people of
    Makkah would turn him away from the city. Warqa added that if he had been alive until
    that day, he would certainly give him all his support. Saying that, Warqa leaned forward
    and kissed the forehead of the Holy Prophet ( ‫)ﺻﻠﯽ ﷲ ﻋﻠﯿہ و ﺳﻠﻢ‬. Howerver Warqa died
    soon after that meeting.

    Allah’s message continued to be revealed to Muhammad( ‫) ﺻﻠﯽ ﷲ ﻋﻠﯿہ و ﺳﻠﻢ‬over the next
    23 years. Muhammad then recited the message to his people and ordered some of his
    followers to write it down as it was revealed to him from time to time.

    Muhammad’s early messages instructed his people to worship only One God, Allah and
    do good deeds as Allah would judge each person on the Day of Judgment to decide
    whether he should be sent to Paradise or Hell.

    Q. 1. Why Muhammad (‫ )ﺻل ﷲ ﻋﻠﯾہ و ﺳﻠم‬used to go the cave of Hira?


    Q. 2. How did he experience the first revelation?
    Q. 3. What did he feel immediately after the first revelation?
    Q. 4. How Hazrat Khadija consoled him?
    Q. 5. Why was he taken to Qarqa bin Noufal by his wife Khadija?
    Q. 6. Why Warqa, after listening to Muhammad, wished to be young?
    Q. 7. What was the crux of the teaching and preaching of the Holy Prophet (‫ )ﺻﻠﯽ ﷲ ﻋﻠﯾہ و ﺳﻠم‬in
    one liner?

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